Antiskid device.



R. HIMBNO. l ANTISKID DEVICE. A

APPLUATION FILED DBO. 21, 1911.

Patzented June 18, 1912.

WIr/vfssfs ma/EV 'RIKICHY firmano, oF NEW YORK, N. Y.

AYNTISKID DEVICE.

Speci'eationf Letters Patent.

Application inea December 21, 1911. y serial No. 667,186;

Patented June 18, 1912.

To all w-zom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, RIKICHY HIMENO, a

lsubject of-the Emperor of Japan, residing at 4,1 East Nineteenth street, borough of Manhattan, city of New York, N. Y., have invented a certain new and Improved Antiskid Device, ofwhich the 'following is a specification.

My invention relates to so-called antiskid chains for use on vehicle wheels.L These chains, as at present constructed, are comprised of two side-chains connected by transverse links which extend across the tread of the wheel. Suitable fastening devices are provided at each end of each side-chain, whereby the same may be applied to, or removed from, a wheel. In practice, however, it is necessary, in applying or removing the chain, either tov raise the wheel from the ground or to roll the wheel over the chain while the latter is on the ground.

My invention comprehends an improvement in the chain construction whereby the same maybe easily'and quickly applied to a stationary wheel resting upon the ground.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of a vehicle wheel equipped with a pneumatic tire and with an anti-skid chain, embodying my im rovement thereon, but not yet fully locke Fig 2 is a planyiew. of a detached .chain shown in extended position. 1) represents the inner side-chain. 2 2a A represent the two sections of the outer sidechain. These two side chains are connected by cross-links 3 3. The intermediate ends of e two sections 2 2a of the outer sidechain are provided with any suitable lock Afastening clip, comprising the companion parts 4-4a, which may be easily operated to att ch or detach said two sections 2 2a when the chain is in place upon the wheel..

The extreme ends of both side-chains are provided with the usual companion fastenpassed inside'of the wheel and under-the axle, so that 'the point of division between at a point where the wheel rests upon the ground. The companion clips 4 431 are then connected after which .the chains are draped upon the wheel, the ends brought together and the clips5 5n and 6 68L fastened in asimilar manner. vIt is obvious that this process can be reversed by f first draping the chains over the wheel and fas tening the clips 5 5a and 6 6a and afterward fastening the clips 1 -4a. Thus the chain may be assembled on the wheel without raising or moving the wheel. One or more extra links may be provided at the conneet-ing Vpoints to facilitate the fastening of the parts but they are not necessary to the operation of my improvement herein described. .y

It will be seen that the featureof improvement whereby this new and expeditious method ofassembling a tire chain upon a wheel is effected depends upon the presence. of an opening in the outer side chain between the two ends thereof, said opening being bridged by a suitable 'lock clip which may be manually operated and which permits the two sections of the outer side-chain to be connected or disconnected land the chain adjusted or removed without raising or moving the wheel. Since such lock clips are now well known, many of which are suitable for use'. herein, they are shown in the drawingsv oo nventionally only and without detail.

The point of division between the two sections 2 2a of the outer s ide chain is preferably nearer to one end of the chain than to the other, so that the two ends of the lain, considered as a. whole, may be connected at the rear of the rear wheel, or at the front *ofl the front wheel,'while the balance of the tion thatthe break in the outer side-chain will lie adjacent to kthat point where the wheel rests'upon the ground.

It should be understood that my use of the word chain herein is generic and that I intend said term to cover and include a chain. specifically or any mechanical substitute or equivalent thereof.

Vthe outer side chain -sections: 2 2*L will lie chain rests upon the wheelin such a posi- E v .v 1,030,238

VVVhat I claim' iS:- said side-chain into two sections, and means ,An antl-skld devlce for Wheels comprlsto connect and dlsconnect sald mtermedlate lng two slde-chalns Wlth' means for connect- Separated ends.

' the ends thereof, a luralty of 'oross-y RIKICHY HIMENO. 5 1in s' oonneet-in said si e-chains at inter- 'Witnessesz Vals, one of sai side-chains being-separable A. F. FULLER,

at a point intermediate length to divide f Crime A; MARTIN. 

